SPONSORED BY:

Rocky Mountain High

 

Email To A Friend

Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.

Separate multiple addresses with commas

SPONSORED BY
 
 
 

Rather than running out of gas, the Clinton crusade in this last month has taken strength--and a growing sense of resentment--from the course of events. Current national polls give plenty of ammunition to Senator Clinton's argument that she is the stronger candidate to face Sen. John McCain in the fall. She is running slightly ahead of Obama against McCain in the national horserace, and runs better than Obama in a number of key states right now--among them Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and West Virginia.

Obama is inching rather than roaring across the finish line, and his public standing has been nicked by any number of mini-controversies, the latest once again emanating from the dangerously YouTube-able pulpit of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Father Michael Pfleger's outrageously racist sermon, in which he ridiculed Clinton in cruelly taunting terms, brought a swift but tepid rebuke from Obama. Obama and Pfleger are friends and allies--as the Clinton campaign reminded the world. In a new Pew poll, Obama has lost the significant edge he had over McCain among independents. Stories like this one are one reason why.

Clinton supporters have valid reasons to be angry at the world of politics, the national media included. Obama is the Newer New Thing, and for that sociological reason alone he has gotten a lot of cheerleaderlike coverage from the mainstream media.

The cheerleading is about to stop. Obama & Co. are going to have to get the cheers going again, and Denver is the place.

© 2008

My Take

Each Newsweek reader is different—and now your Newsweek can be, too. Use this page to create a experience that's personalized for you and your interests. My Take: it makes Newsweek whatever you want it to be.

Check the boxes below to keep track of your favorite Newsweek voices:

Select columnists below

Previous
Clear

Label

Newsweek Top Stories
Visions of a Decade
Visions of a Decade

From 2000-2009, one photo per month.

The Failure of Copenhagen
The Failure of Copenhagen

Why there could be a silver lining in a failed climate treaty.

Sex Scandals of the 2000s
Sex Scandals of the 2000s

From John Edwards to Mark Sanford, the decade's memorable affairs.

118 Days in Hell
118 Days in Hell

A NEWSWEEK journalist recounts his captivity in Iran.

Discuss

Sponsored by

Member Comments

  • Posted By: coolkid.02 @ 05/30/2008 12:26:25 PM

    Separation of church and state. I don't care what McCain's pastors say, and I don't care what Obama's has to say either. I'm a Republican, for the first time I will vote for a Democrat, Barack Obama.

  • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 05/30/2008 12:12:14 PM

    If Hillary takes the nomination after all this time, it will really be surprising. Obama's nobody's savior but he seems more likeable, rational and forward-thinking - not to mention a better strategist and campaign/finance manager - than Mrs. Clinton. I am certain he will prevail as the nominee because people in the South and across other pocketes of the US absolutely won't stand for Hillary. The media keeps "harping" about Pennsylvania and Ohio, but there are many other states that have come under Obama's camp. The people who voted for Hillary in those states are largely undereducated - why should they have so much say in who runs this country?

    The Clintons are taking all the joy out of this election and making it really awful. I wish they would get out of the race pretty soon. No matter what has to happen in Denver, she is not going to win the nomination, and she would never be able to 'beat' McCain in the Fall. Not in a million years of wishing by all her milions of fans. It's sad but true. No more Clintons, no more Bushes, and no more GOP "winners" taking over our country and telling us all how to think.

  • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 05/30/2008 12:03:51 PM

    Another racist sermon at Obamas church I see. Wonder how NEWSWEEK will spin this one in favor of their savior?

Reply

Report Abuse

Enter comments if any for reporting abuse

View All Comments »

My Take

Customize the NEWSWEEK homepage
to feature your favorite columnists.

Customize Now